Brookfield, N.Y. - A man was thrown from his motorcycle and killed Sunday morning in Madison County as a result of a separate crash between a vehicle and a deer, Madison County Undersheriff John Ball said in a news release.

The name of the motorcyclist will not be released until Monday morning, pending notification of family, the release said.

Here's how Ball described the crash:

Phurba Tamang, 31, of Utica, was driving south on Route 8 in Brookfield at 5:35 a.m. Sunday when a deer entered the road from a nearby cornfield. Tamang drove into the deer, which then flew into the air and landed on the motorcycle in the northbound lane. The motorcyclist was ejected.

Brookfield Rescue pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene. The man's body was taken to the Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office in Syracuse, where an autopsy will be performed.

Route 8 was closed for more than five hours but reopened shortly after 11 a.m. The accident occurred about three miles south of Leonardsville.